Life As I Know It : Bestselling Book, Now a Major Film 'Ride Like a Girl' - Michelle Payne

Life As I Know It

Bestselling Book, Now a Major Film 'Ride Like a Girl'

By: Michelle Payne, John Harms

Paperback | 6 August 2019 | Edition Number 1

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In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. It will lift your spirits, stir your heart and give you courage. Michelle was put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to win the Melbourne Cup. At thirty she rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Cup.

It was a moment that inspired everyone who dreams of beating the odds.

About the Authors

Michelle Payne entered racing aged 15, winning her first race in Ballarat on Reigning, a horse trained and owned by her father. Michelle became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015 on the local one-hundred-to-one horse, Prince of Penzance, trained by Darren Weir and strapped by her brother Stevie. Photo credit: Racing Victoria.

John Harms is a Melbourne-based writer, historian, and broadcaster. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, The Pearl, and nine editions of The Footy Almanac annual.

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